]]> http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/10/nike-x-undercover-gyakusou/feed/ 0 http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/10/palladium-by-neil-barrett-2/ http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/10/palladium-by-neil-barrett-2/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:10:33 +0000 isabelle http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/?p=6139

adidas worked with the NBA for four years to test the uniform and ensure that the adidas NBA Revolution 30 strips represent the lightest and most technologically advanced basketball uniforms in the history of the game. The availability of the adidas NBA Revolution 30 range at UK retail for the first time gives fans access to the authentic on-court kit worn by all 450+ NBA players and all 30 NBA teams for the 2010-11 season onwards.

The adidas NBA Revolution 30 range went on sale on the 1st October, just days before the NBA comes to London’s O2 venue where the LA Lakers will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on the 4th October in front of a sell-out crowd as part of NBA Europe Live. adidas NBA Revolution 30 jerseys will be available for fans to buy at the O2 on the night and from the flagship adidas performance store on Oxford Street as well as adidas performance stores around the UK and selected JJB, Sports Direct and JD Sports outlets.

Designed and developed by adidas, the new uniforms are 30 percent lighter and, as a result of adidas CLIMACOOL fabrics, absorb moisture in less than three seconds, ensuring that they dry twice as fast as previous NBA uniforms. The technically advanced fabric moves heat and sweat away from the body through a combination of moisture management materials, ventilation channels and three dimensional garments, helping to enhance player performance by keeping athletes cooler, drier and more comfortable on the court.

“The new uniforms are the most comfortable I’ve ever worn,” said NBA All-Star Dwight Howard. “When I’m on the court, I’m 100 percent focused on the game and I don’t want to worry about getting too hot or uncomfortable. I’m a big guy but I play fast too, so feeling lighter on the court helps me do the things I do even better.”

As well as being made from 60 percent recycled materials, the new range features adidas’ Formotion technology which reduces seams, decreases friction between the garment and the player’s skin and optimizes the athlete’s natural movement through specially constructed material.

RRP adidas NBA Swingman Jersey £62.00

The language of safety work garments inspired the Reflective Jacket, introduced for the first time by Stone Island in ’991.
The Liquid Reflective is a new step of this concept: a work of craftsmanship that underlines the uniqueness of each garment.

A high visibility jacket reflecting even the faintest light. This extremely reflective fabric has been coated with thousands of micro glass balls. It has been hand sprayed onto the finished garments and then oven dried. The handmade aspect of the process creates an uneven liquid effect on the surface.

www.stoneisland.com

Phil Mickelson said he’s been bothered for the past two months by psoriatic arthritis, a joint condition that at one time had him questioning whether he’d be able to swing a golf club again. Mickelson, the second-ranked golfer in the world, enters this week’s U.S. PGA Championship as the favorite among oddsmakers to win the season’s final major tournament. Speaking today at his pre-tournament news conference in Kohler, Wisconsin, Mickelson revealed that the condition first started bothering him the week before the U.S. Open in June. He said he hasn’t had any pain since starting treatment two weeks ago that keeps his immune system from attacking his joints.

“For five or six weeks I was a little unsure how it was going to affect me long term,” Mickelson said.

“Now that I feel confident it’s not going to affect not only the rest of my career or my life, I feel a lot better about it and I’m more at ease to discuss it.”

Mickelson, who turned 40 in June, took a month off after finishing fourth at the U.S. Open. While on a family vacation in Hawaii, he said the condition got progressively worse.

“Every joint in my body started to hurt to where I couldn’t move,” said Mickelson, who won the Masters Tournament in April. “I would just lay down and I couldn’t roll over. I was concerned about being able to swing a golf club. I’m surprised at how quickly it’s gone away and how quickly it’s been able to be managed.”

Mickelson said the condition affected his preparation for last month’s British Open, where he returned to tie for 48th. After another three weeks off, he tied for 46th place last week at the Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, where he shot an 8-over-par 78 during the final round. Mickelson started getting weekly injections after meeting with specialists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Joint pain, stiffness and swelling are the main symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, which can affect any part of the body from the fingertips to the spine, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. Mickelson said he started lifting weights last week after a seven-week hiatus and now feels “90 percent.”

“Heading into the PGA, heading into the last week, I’m probably not as sharp as I would like to be,” said Mickelson, who won the PGA Championship in 2005. “I’m not sure again where I’ll be on Thursday but hopefully I’ll be ready.”

Chelsea have agreed a fee with Real Madrid for the sale of Portuguese international defender Ricardo Carvalho, the English Premier League champions announced here on Tuesday.

“Chelsea Football Club can confirm it has agreed terms with Real Madrid for the transfer of Ricardo Carvalho,” said a statement issued on the London club’s official website.

“The transfer is subject to a medical and the player agreeing personal terms.

“Chelsea would like to thank Riccy for his six years of service, and we wish him well in his future career.”

The Blues’ announcement, which comes just days before the new Premier League season starts on Saturday, paves the way for Carvalho to join compatriot Jose Mourinho, his manager at both Porto and Chelsea, at Spanish giants Real. Carvalho won the Champions League with Porto in 2004 when Mourinho coached the club. He joined Mourinho at Chelsea that year for a fee of around 20 million euros but last year he fell down the pecking order at the west London club. In total he made 210 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 11 goals, and during his time at Stamford Bridge, helped the team win three Premier League titles, two FA Cups and two English League Cups. A regular for most of his time at Chelsea, he made just 18 appearances last season – which he has called “the worst year of my life” – as injuries caused him to fall out of the starting line-up. Last month the 32-year-old Carvalho told Spanish sports daily that it would be “a dream” for him to be reunited with Mourinho at the Bernabeu.

“If there was a possibility to sign with Real Madrid, I would go there right now swimming or running.

“With Mourinho I experienced two marvellous stages at Porto and Chelsea. To have the opportunity to win another Champions League with him at Real Madrid would be tremendous.”

Mourinho arrived in a blaze of glory in the Spanish capital after leading Inter Milan last season to the treble of a domestic league and cup in Italy as well as the Champions League. 

Tracy McGrady is getting a chance to rejuvenate his career with a team hoping for a rebound of its own. McGrady and the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a $1.3 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced. McGrady, a seven-time All-Star and two-time scoring champion, has played just 65 games the past two seasons with Houston and New York because he had major surgery on his left knee in the middle of the 2008-09 season.The 6-foot-8 wing drew some interest from teams this summer, including the Chicago Bulls, before choosing to play for Detroit. Now, the Pistons might have a greater sense or urgency to trade Richard Hamilton or Tayshaun Prince to fix their logjam on the perimeter. The 31-year-old McGrady averaged 8.2 points last season, his lowest-scoring season since 1997-98 when he was a rookie with the Toronto Raptors after skipping college. Just two years ago, though, he averaged 21-plus points for the eighth time in his career. If McGrady accepts his role, likely as a reserve, he could prove to be a bargain playing for the veteran’s minimum even if he doesn’t approach his career scoring average of 21.5 points.

“I’ve made a lot of money over my career and I could retire right now and I could be fine financially,” McGrady said in February after he was traded by the Rockets to the Knicks while making $23 million in the last year of his contract. “My kids can be fine when they get older. Money is not an issue for me.”

McGrady, who is from Bartow, Fla., was drafted No. 9 overall in the 1997 draft by Toronto. He went to Orlando in a sign-and-trade deal in 2000 and was dealt four years later to Houston. His last healthy season was five years ago. He missed 34 games during the 2005-06 season with back problems, elbow and knee injuries led to him missing 16 games two years later and microfracture surgery put his career in jeopardy about 1 1/2 years ago. If he’s relatively healthy, happy and effective for the Pistons, McGrady will provide a boost for a team that missed the playoffs this year for the first time since 2001 with its worst record since 1995.

All now available for purchase here.

]]> http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/08/super-fw10/feed/ 0 http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/08/g-shock-aug-2010-release/ http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/08/g-shock-aug-2010-release/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:42:38 +0000 gemmakane http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/?p=6093 G-Shock have dropped yet another giant range of timepieces this season, with an additional selection for August 2010 just launched.  Gene Simmons – the man that only does larger than life, will be proud of these beauties, as they will most certainly hench up that wrist of yours – in a positive way of course!  It’s bye bye to the dainty, and HELLO to hench, meaty watches with substance and an extra helping of personality.

]]> http://anglomania-mag.com/blog/2010/08/g-shock-aug-2010-release/feed/ 0